Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The Council of the European Union unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday adding the violation of restrictive measures "sanctions" to the list of "EU crimes" included in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
“The European Union has responded firmly to Russia’s unjustified and unjustified war against Ukraine, and has adopted an unprecedented number of sanctions to target the Russian economy and thwart its ability to continue this aggression. To achieve success, their implementation requires a joint effort, and today the decision is an essential tool to ensure that any attempts to circumvent the situation are stopped. these procedures." According to the statements of Pavel Placek, the Czech Minister of Justice, whose country currently holds the current rotating presidency of the Union, this came in a statement issued by the European Ministerial Council in Brussels and also included, "The European Union has adopted a number of restrictive measures in the context of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, and it is necessary that these be implemented." The entire procedure.Member states currently have different definitions of what constitutes a violation of restrictive measures and the penalties that should be applied in the event of a breach.This may lead to different degrees of enforcement of the sanctions and the risk of circumvention of these measures, which could allow sanctioned persons to continue access to their assets and support systems that European Union measures.
Inclusion of the violation of the restrictive measures in the list of “EU offences” is the first of two steps to ensure a similar degree of enforcement of sanctions across the EU and to deter attempts to circumvent or violate the EU measures.=
After the adoption of this decision, the European Commission will present a proposal for a directive containing minimum rules regarding the definition of criminal offenses and penalties for the violation of the EU's restrictive measures. The draft directive will then need to be discussed and adopted by the Council and the European Parliament.